Hello folks, first an intro. It'been a while since I've had my fingers in a VW. What I do remember clearly is all the nonfacts I received from local VW "pro's" so I'm looking forward to everyone's input on this list and hopefully I may be of assistence to someone as well. I've got a 80 westy, just purchased recently. The previous owner put a rebuild from cali in it but never really got it on the road. A year later I got a hold of it. Almost immediately I noticed a grinding type of noise once it warmed up. To me it sounded like the flywheel rubbing. I do have a cylinder running at 65 psi, all others are about 90 to 110 which is actually another question but I don't think it is related to the noise. I've got a tempature gauge and at first startup the engine runs beautifully at about 210. After about 20 minutes the noise starts and the temp slowly rises to a n overheat. The noise seems to only appear at idle or very low engine loads. Tonight I pulled the motor to inspect the flywheel but everything looked normal. I haven't checked the endplay yet. Could endplay cause this condition? Any Ideas? Any tricks to increasing compression in a single cylinder? THANKS IN ADVANCE..... Dennis in New Hampshire ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com |
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